Those impious Pigs, Who, by frequent squeaks, have dared impugn The settled Swellfoot system, or to make Irreverent mockery of the genuflexions Inculcated by the arch-priest, have been whipt Into a loyal and an orthodox whine.
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Genuflection
Synonyms for "genuflection" (32 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (16)
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Translations
23 translations across 17 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- кле́нчанне noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
Bulgarian
1 entries- колени́чене noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
Dutch
1 entries- kniebuiging noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
Finnish
1 entries- polvistuminen noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
French
1 entries- génuflexion noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
German
3 entries- Kniebeuge noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
- Kniefall noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
- Niederknien noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
Greek
1 entries- γονυκλισία noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
Icelandic
2 entries- knébeyging noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
- knéfall noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
Irish
1 entries- umhlú noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
Italian
1 entries- genuflessione noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
Latin
1 entries- genuflexio noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
Polish
2 entries- klękanie noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
- uklęknięcie noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
Portuguese
1 entries- genuflexão noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
Romanian
2 entries- genuflexare noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
- genuflexiune noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
Russian
1 entries- коленопреклоне́ние noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
Spanish
2 entries- genuflexión noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
- postración noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
Ukrainian
1 entries- колінопреклоні́ння noun (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Certain business titans have made Mar-A-Lago a scene of such flagrant self-abnegation, ring-kissing, and genuflection that it would embarrass a medieval Pope.
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